Following BVIEC’s press release yesterday pertaining to the Anegada Solar plus Battery Storage initiative, project partners Henry Creque of Creque’s Engineering Services & Dana Miller of aTec BVI, said they were excited to have teamed up with international developers BMR Energy and Advanced Solar Products to present a very attractive and competitive bid for the Project. According to Creque, “Our group continues to monitor the progression of this RFP process. I am extremely excited about the team we have assembled, and every aspect of the final product we have offered to BVIEC, the residents of Anegada and the entire Territory, on this project.”
Mr. Creque is well-known in the Territory as a former senior executive of the BVI Electricity Corporation and an instrumental advocate for greater sustainable and resilient energy adoption in the BVI. Miller remarked “ATEC has been integrally involved with the installation and maintenance of the vast majority of the commercial, industrial and residential solar and wind power projects in the Territory to date, and we are extremely proud of our record having done so using a local labour force. We too are very happy to have been involved with this bid and are looking forward to our continued involvement through what will be the Territory’s first Utility Scale Renewable Energy Project.” ATEC, a BVI company, has also managed other projects around the Caribbean including most recently a major solar car-port project for the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank on the island of St. Kitts. Advanced Solar Products (ASP), one of the oldest and most respected solar installers from the North Eastern United States region, with over 28 years in the solar industry led the bid development partnership.
Lyle Rawlings is ASP’s President and CEO. “Our company is the premier installer of solar micro-grid systems in the North Eastern US. We see microgrids utilizing solar power & energy storage components playing an integral role in a sustainable and resilient energy future for not only the Caribbean but also larger countries in the years ahead. The Anegada Project is one that may be an exemplar model of this technology for the region and even wider afield. In addition to helping preserve and protect the BVI’s unparalleled natural beauty, nothing would make us happier than to be a part of providing jobs, training and development for existing and future workers in the solar, electrical and construction fields in the BVI.
This lift will have even deeper meaning than usual as the BVI’s economy starts to rebound from the CoVID-19 pandemic. From day one, ASP saw partnering with local companies as an imperative for our firm on this job.” BMR has vast experience acquiring, financing, constructing and operating energy infrastructure throughout the Caribbean and Central America. President and CEO Bruce Levy said, “BMR has extensive experience in this industry and around the region, including owning and operating three projects in the Caribbean. If successful, this will be our first investment in the British Virgin Islands.
We are pleased that our team has been able to present a very high quality and competitive proposal for the project and especially that we have been able work with such strong local partners in Creque’s Engineering Services & aTec BVI. If selected I am optimistic and looking forward to working with the Government of the BVI, BVIEC and the people of the Territory to develop local expertise and foster the many direct and indirect community-related benefits of this project and industry as a whole.” BVIEC has indicated that they are in the process of evaluating the five bids which were submitted on February 24th, 2020.